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VISION The Department of International Relations and VALUES Cooperation’s (DIRCO) vision is an African DIRCO adheres to the following values: DIRCOza continent which is prosperous, peaceful, • Patriotism democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and united and which contributes to a world that is just • Loyalty and equitable. • Dedication @theDIRCOza MISSION • Ubuntu DIRCO is committed to promoting South Africa’s national interests and values, the • Equity African Renaissance and the creation of a • Integrity better world for all. • Batho Pele. thedircoza What’s inside:

• South Africa chairs • Global action required • Heads of Mission • Dirco’s first SADC Organ on to realise women’s Conference Women’s Dialogue Politics, Defence and empowerment and Security Cooperation gender equality [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 1 Women’s march 1956

IN THIS ISSUE 4 Letter from the Editor contents 5 Did you know?

FEATURE contents 6 South Africa chairs SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation 8 Heads of Mission Conference 10 Global action required to realise women’s empowerment and gender equality 12 Remembering the voices of the women of 1956 14 DIRCO’s first Women’s Dialogue 15 SA economy intertwined with Africa 16 Interview with Amb Robina Marks NEWS FROM ABROAD 19 Africa Day celebrations in Zimbabwe 20 Relations strengthened in Switzerland 21 Côte d’Ivoire celebrates 20 Years of Freedom 22 Springboks in Argentina voices 23 Celebrating 20 years of democracy and women empowerment and emancipation

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South Africa’s population is estimated In the 2013/14 financial year, to be at 54 million with life expectancy through science diplomacy the diplomat is an internal newsletter at 61 years of age, Statistics South and smart co-investments, the of the Department of International Relations Africa (Stats SA) announced recently. Department of Science and and Cooperation published by the 1 2 Branch: Public Diplomacy Stats SA released the Mid-Year Technology secured R253 million in Population Estimates, and stated that science, technology and innovation EDITOR-IN-CHIEF life expectancy had increased from an funds from international partners. Clayson Monyela estimated 52 years in 2005 to 61 years This included a substantial MANAGING EDITOR in 2014. The increased life expectancy partnership with the Bill & Melinda Michelle Greeff can be attributed to the fact that the Gates Foundation in the health, [email protected] Letter from number of AIDS-related deaths is water and sanitation domains, EDITOR the Editor estimated to have decreased from and a dedicated programme with Delien Burger 363 910 deaths in 2005 to 171 733 the European Union, harnessing [email protected] Dear Diplomats, deaths in 2014. innovation for poverty alleviation. DESIGNERS Tshepo Ndlovu [email protected]

outh Africa’s Heads of Action and ratified the Convention on the PHOTOGRAPHERS Jacoline Schoonees, Unati Ngamntwini, Mission (HoM) descended on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Yolande Snyman and the Pretoria at the end of August Against Women. Government Communication for the HoM Conference. Unquestionably, advances have been made and Information System The conference reflected on [email protected] but many women still remain marginalised the commitments of the Fifth Administration

S Did you know ? and vulnerable to social risks and many and South Africa’s National Development DISTRIBUTION ENQUIRIES challenges remain. On page 10, Minister Plan. The ambassadors were also treated to Thembakazi Zulu Maite Nkoana-Mashabane calls on global Tel: +27 12 351 1169 several events during the course of the week. action to realise women’s empowerment and In order to build the creative Chinese company Jinko Solar recently The South African Parliament in [email protected] For more, turn to page 8. gender equality. economy countrywide and foster open its R80-million, 120-MW solar Cape Town has been officially More than 20 000 women marched to the PUBLISHER The Minister also addressed the women photovoltaic (PV) module production declared as a National Heritage Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest social cohesion, the Department The Department of International Relations and of the department during the first DIRCO of Arts and Culture supports 22 facility in Cape Town, Trade and Industry Site by the South African Heritage Cooperation (DIRCO) ©2014 against the extension of pass laws to women. 3 5 Women’s Dialogue, held on 22 August 4 Tel: +27 12 351 1000, www.dirco.gov.za In commemoration of this event, South national and regional festivals in all Minister Rob Davies announced. Within Resources Agency (SAHRA). The 2014. The dialogue is one of the activities Private Bag X152, PRETORIA, 0001 Africa annually celebrates Women’s Month provinces, including the Diamonds the space of three years, the REIPPP mandate of SAHRA is to identify, Republic of South Africa undertaken by the Chief Directorate: in August, with Women’s Day on 9 August. (Renewable Energy Independent Power protect and promote heritage Gender to focus on issues relating to gender and Dorings Festival in Kimberley, In this edition, the diplomat remembers the Producer Procurement Programme) resources in South Africa and it 460 Soutpansberg Road, Rietondale, mainstreaming mechanisms and measures the Macufe Festival in Bloemfontein, voices from 1956 such as Helen Joseph, Pretoria, 0084, Republic of South Africa and women empowerment in the department. the Calabash Festival in Mahikeng, model is fast developing into a new is the only mandated organistion Tel: +27 12 351 1000 Rahima Moosa, Sophie Williams and Lilian See page 14. the National Arts Festival in industry sector. Jinko Solar had opened tasked with grading and declaring Ngoyi. See page 12. the facility in response to the roll-out of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT South Africa was recently elected as Grahamstown and the Sixties heritage sites in accordance with 2014 is also the year in which we Directorate: Language Training Chair of the Southern African Development Festival in Mpumalanga, creating the REIPPP, where 148 MW of solar the National Resources Act, 1999. celebrate: Community Organ on Politics, Defence and significant platforms to promote local PV projects had been procured. Since • 60 years after the adoption of the Women’s Security Cooperation. Read more about talent. the beginning of the undertaking, it had Charter of 1954 the Organ’s challenges in promoting peace, deployed 300 MW of solar PV panels, security and stability in the region on page 6. • 20 years after the adoption of the Women’s reaching around 30% of market share. Charter for Effective Equality of 1994

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4 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 5 South Africa will persist in encouraging the FDLR and other negative forces to fully surrender within the given timeframe of six months and also making them aware of the military consequences should they fail to FEATURE South Africa chairs SADC Or gan on Politics, comply with the agreed timeframe. Furthermore, South Africa will mobilise the international community and state Defence and Security Coope ration signatories to the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework on the DRC and the region to support the process in the By Janice Strachan, Deputy Director: SADC, Sub-directorate: Stability, Peace And Security Great Lakes Region by assuming their full responsibilities. With regard to Madagascar, the SADC Organ will continue to support efforts towards national reconciliation, nation-building, socio- economic reconstruction and depoliticisation of the military. Work will be intensified towards encouraging the full implementation of the SADC Road Map on Madagascar to ensure lasting peace. Regarding Lesotho, South Africa will support the process to facilitate negotiations between the leaders of Lesotho’s governing coalition parties in an effort to finding a lasting political solution to the current impasse. South Africa remains committed to assist Lesotho return to normalcy. Finally, South Africa will lead SADC election observer missions to Mozambique, Botswana and Namibia to continue to consolidate democratic practices in the region. A major challenge that SADC faces, relates to its budget. Approximately 70% of the budget is contributed by international cooperating partners. This challenge would need to be addressed if we are to effectively carry out the SADC Organ’s mandate of maintaining peace and security in the region. Notwithstanding these challenges, the SADC Organ has achieved a lot since its launch in June 1996. The current political situation in the region remains generally t the recent Southern South Africa’s capacity to chair the SADC We made substantial process in resolving In this regard, South Africa’s policy South Africa will continue to support the stable, in fact the most stable in Africa, except African Development Organ is in line with our foreign policy the political impasse in Madagascar, with all orientation will be geared towards the process of Disarmament, Demobilisation and for a few intra-state tensions that have been Community (SADC) Summit which champions the African Agenda of stakeholders adopting the SADC Road Map consolidation of a regional and continental Reintegration of the surrendered negative resolved peacefully. in Zimbabwe, South Africa development, peace and security. on Madagascar peace and security architecture focusing forces in the DRC. The involvement of SADC in the was unanimously elected by We cannot achieve a developed and During our current tenure as the Chair primarily on conflict prevention through We are currently supporting efforts of maintenance of peace and security in the theA 15 SADC heads of state and government stable region if our neighbourhood is not at of the Organ for the period August 2014 to preventive diplomacy and early warning disarmament of all negative forces through our region gives credence to the efficacy and to chair the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence peace with itself. That is why we responded August 2015, South Africa will continue to play systems. contribution to the Intervention Brigade along effectiveness of African solutions to Africa’s and Security Cooperation. The Organ is to the call for us to lead the SADC Organ. a leading role in peace and security activities As the Organ Chair, South Africa will with Malawi and Tanzania. problems. responsible for promoting peace, security and It is not for the first time that South Africa at regional and continental levels. We intend lead SADC in implementing its peace and During our tenure as Chair of the Organ, The SADC Summit highlighted the fact stability in the region. is chairing the SADC Organ. to ensure synergies in our work programme in security agenda in line with the SIPO II. South Africa will also continue within the context that the region continued to witness peaceful, The elected member states of the Organ for South Africa, last chaired the Organ SADC, the African Union Peace and Security In our capacity as Chair of the SADC of the SADC-ICGLR (International Conference free and fair elections, which attests to the period 2014 to 2015 are South Africa as between August 2011 and August 2012 at Council and at the United Nations. Organ, we engage robustly with the on the Great Lakes Region) mandate, to review our ever-maturing democratic values and Chairperson, Lesotho as Deputy Chairperson the SADC Summit held in Luanda, Angola. This activism is based on the belief that situation in the Democratic Republic of the political and security situation in the Eastern systems. The peace prevailing in our region, and Namibia as the outgoing Chairperson. As Organ chair at that time, South Africa regional peace, security and stability, as Congo (DRC) in an effort to find enduring DRC regarding the continued repatriation to which should not be taken for granted, gives We have accepted the responsibility led SADC in implementing its peace and well as socio-economic development, are solutions to the complex security issues Rwanda of the Democratic Forces for the our region an opportunity to direct its efforts entrusted to us by the summit to chair the security agenda in line with the Strategic mutually reinforcing and significant for facing not only that country, but the region Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) for those willing towards the betterment of the lives of our SADC Organ. Indicative Plan of the Organ (SIPO). regional integration. as well. to disarm and return voluntarily. people.

6 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 7 rom 25 to 31 August 2014, South Africa’s ambassadors attended the Heads of Mission Conference in FEATURE Pretoria to reflect on the commitmentsF of the Fifth Administration as contained in the 2014 June State of the Nation Address, including the National Development Plan, which is the country’s blueprint for eliminating poverty and reducing inequality in South Africa by 2030. The ambassadors were treated to, among others, a welcome cocktail and a visit to the Market Theatre where they were entertained by the live theatre production, “Missing”, by John Kani. Heads of Addressing the conference, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, said: “The world Mission is changing rapidly before our eyes, and as foreign policy practitioners we have to be fully equipped to understand and analyse Conference these changes in manner that enables us to advance our agenda.” The Minister outlined these changes as the relative decline of traditional powers, the resurgence of Russia as a geopolitical player, the continuing rise of China, the rising of Africa, and competition over the control of natural resources, among 2014 others. The Minister also outlined the challenges that had to be addressed in the next five years: • to remain relevant as a country in global affairs through a foreign policy that is not dependent on a single factor, but based on independence and diversity in the issues we take and the alliances we build • to build an effective machinery at Headquarters and the missions for the execution of this foreign policy • to have diplomats who understand fully the weight of responsibility that come with being a South African diplomat.

“ … I made my decision long time ago that I will always write my own history through the work I do. I count on you to continue to write your own history, because all of us, collectively, are scribes of the good story that South Africa has become,” the Minister said. President Jacob Zuma and various ministers and other role players addressed the ambassadors during the course of the conference.

8 9 s we celebrate two decades The implementation of the Beijing Platform for of freedom, we are provided Action is key in the achievement of the MDGs with an opportunity to conduct by 2015 and the Post-2015 Development an honest assessment of the Agenda. journey we have travelled so These processes provide an opportunity FEATURE farA and what it has meant for South African to position gender equality, women’s rights women. and women’s empowerment at the centre According to the United Nations Entity of the global agenda. Gender equality and for Gender Equality and the Empowerment women’s rights must be reaffirmed as essential of Women (UN Women), globally, 139 ends in themselves and means for achieving constitutions, South Africa’s included, contain sustainable development, peace and security guarantees on gender equality, with 125 and human rights. countries outlawing domestic violence and 117 In this regard, South Africa and the AU have outlawing sexual harassment in the workplace. consistently called for a stand-alone goal on Twenty years ago, 11% of the world’s gender equality and the mainstreaming of parliamentarians were women. Today, the gender in all other future goals in the Post-2015 Global action figure stands at nearly 22%. Twenty years ago, Development Agenda. 40% of women were engaged in wage and The AU’s Agenda 2063 has also placed salaried employment. Today, 48% of women gender equality and the emancipation of women required to are, although women still continue to perform at the centre of the continent’s integration the vast majority of low-paid and unpaid care agenda. Gender mainstreaming and gender work. parity are now accepted norms and standards realise women’s Twenty years ago, according to UN Women, that guide the continent’s socio-economic and less than 75% of girls in the world were enrolled political policies at country level and in the AU. in primary school. This commitment is also the bedrock of our empowerment and Today, 90% of girls are. Twenty years ago, National Development Plan Vision 2030, which twice as many women died in pregnancy states that: “By 2030, we seek to eliminate and childbirth. However, 800 women still die poverty and reduce inequality. We seek a gender equality every day and most of these deaths could be country wherein all citizens have the capabilities prevented. to grasp the ever-broadening opportunities By Maite Nkoana-Mashabane On the international front, South Africa ratified available”. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation the landmark UN Convention on the Elimination While the world has made significant of All Forms of Discrimination against Women strides in advancing the political and social (CEDAW) and participated in the historic UN aspirations of women, discrimination, violence Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, and atrocities continue to be committed against China in 1995. women and girls. According to UN Women, one The UN Conference, attended by 189 in three women in the world lives with physical member states, adopted the Beijing Platform and sexual violence. We cannot rest until we for Action. This global agenda for women’s ensure that women and girls are protected from empowerment offered a defining policy all forms of discrimination and violence so that framework and road map for achieving gender they can fulfil their potential. equality and women’s rights in areas such as Notwithstanding these challenges, there has health, education, decision-making and legal been some progress in the last 20 years since reforms with the ultimate goal of eliminating all the Beijing Women’s Conference, albeit too forms of discrimination against women in both slow or too little. public and private life. The uneven nature of progress is a clear With 2015 marking the 20th anniversary of indication that no inward-looking programmes the adoption of the Platform for Action, we still at a national level can succeed. Only a united have a long way to go in fully realising women’s global action is required today. empowerment and gender equality as set out in A gender perspective must be reflected in all the Beijing Agenda. policies and programmes at national, regional Currently, South Africa and other governments and international levels. around the world, including international Women and men must work together in and regional bodies such as the UN and the partnership towards the common goal of African Union (AU), are undertaking a review gender equality worldwide. Only by such a on progress made on the implementation of the fundamental restructuring of society and its Beijing Platform for Action and CEDAW. institutions, could women be fully empowered The international community is at present to take their rightful place as equal partners intensifying its efforts to attain the eight with men in all aspects of life. millennium development goals (MDGs) by 2015 This change represents a strong reaffirmation and considering a Post-2015 Development that women’s rights are human rights and that Agenda and sustainable development goals as gender equality is an issue of universal concern, a global road map for the future. benefitting all.

10 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 11 FEATURE Remembering the voices of the women of 1956

Fatima Meer and former President Nelson Mandela Amina Cachalia

outh Africans celebrate Memories of the women’s march women in a song, the words - “Wathint’Abafazi South African women and posed a threat to becoming an executive member of the Fedsaw aimed to bring South African women Women’s Month by Before her passing last year, Cachalia spoke Wathint’imbokodo”, meaning “You strike a their freedom of movement. It added fuel to Cape Town Women’s Food Committee and together to secure equal opportunities commemorating the 20 000 about the day with a broad smile and said woman, you strike a rock” - now an infamous the anti-pass campaign. a member of the ANC. regardless of race and colour and to remove brave women who marched that, for her, it was, “a significant day and a reminder of their strength as the bedrock of During one of the protests, Dora Tamana, social, legal and economic disabilities. on the Union Buildings in day remembered every year and all year”. their families and communities. a member of the African National Congress The Defiance Campaign According to South African History Online, a PretoriaS in 1956, protesting the apartheid “It was a truly splendid day, weather-wise The women stayed at the Union Buildings Women’s League (ANCWL) and later a In June 1952, a cooperative group known draft Women’s Charter was presented and pass laws being extended to black women. not so great – it was a cold winter’s morning. for about an hour or so before quietly retiring. founding member of Fedsaw, said: “We as the Defiance Campaign exerted pressure called for the enfranchisement of men and The crowd marched to Pretoria to deliver “We planned it [the protest] for quite a “There were no police difficulty and there women will never carry these passes. This on the government through radical acts women of all races; for equality in employment to then Prime Minister JG Strijdom a petition few months ahead. The executives of the were no incidences of violence. Everything is something that touches my heart. I appeal of defiance. Women were prominent in opportunities; for equal pay for equal work; for protesting their freedom being restricted by Federation of South African Women took went off absolutely beautifully,” Cachalia to young Africans to come forward and fight. conducting these acts, notes South African rights in relation to property, marriage and the passes. it upon themselves and organised this said. These passes make the road even narrower History Online. children; and for the removal of all laws and Organised by the Federation of South demonstration and march.” for us. One of these women was Fatima Meer. customs that denied women such equality African Women (Fedsaw), the march was She recalled that the organisers faced Anti-Pass Campaign “We have seen unemployment, lack Meer was arrested for her defiant behaviour led by Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa, Sophie many obstacles. As public gatherings were The 1956 Women’s March was a culmination of accommodation and families broken along with Ngoyi, who later became The Freedom Charter Williams and Lilian Ngoyi. out of the question, it was decided that every of several years of defiance and activism. because of passes. We have seen it with our president of the ANCWL and Fedsaw. These demands were later incorporated Among those incredible women of all woman would get an individual petition as they South African History Online explains: men. Who will look after our children when In 1946, Meer joined many other South into the Freedom Charter, adopted by the races and ages, from all walks of life, was arrived at the Union Buildings. These petitions “In 1952, the Native Laws Amendment Act we go to jail for a small technical offence – African Indians in a passive resistance Congress of the People in Kliptown, Soweto, Amina Cachalia. Cachalia (28 June 1930 – were to indicate why the women were going tightened influx control, making it an offence not having a pass?” campaign against apartheid. It was at this on 25 and 26 June 1955. 31 January 2013) was a South African anti- to Pretoria. for any African (including women) to be in Tamana (née Ntloko) was born in 1901 in time that she started the Student Passive In the run up to the Kliptown gathering, in apartheid activist, women’s rights activist and Cachalia, who was heavily pregnant at the any urban area for more than 72 hours Hlobo, Transkei. She married John Tamana, Resistance Committee and helped establish August 1954, the Congress Alliance asked politician. time, was advised by doctors not to march unless in possession of the necessary who had been injured in the Bulhoek the Durban District Women’s League, an Fedsaw to help organise the Congress of She was married to political activist Yusuf because of a heart condition. So, instead documentation. The only women who could Massacre. The Tamana family had to move organisation to build alliances between the People and the women agreed. They Cachalia and was also a long-time friend she was taken by car to Pretoria early that live legally in the townships were the wives to Cape Town where they rented a converted Africans and Indians after riots between the successfully helped to organise local bodies and ally of former President of South Africa, morning. She recalled that she waited in the and unmarried daughters of the African stable in District Six. two race groups in 1949. and conferences in 1955 and lobbied for the Nelson Mandela. clock tower and then, suddenly, a group of men who were eligible for permanent After parting ways with her husband, After the National Party gained power in incorporation of some of their demands into Born Amina Asvat in Vereeniging, she women wearing colourful blankets came into residence.” Tamana got involved in the politics of the 1948 and started implementing its apartheid the Freedom Charter. began campaigning against apartheid and view and walked to the amphitheatre, where In that same year, the Abolition of Passes region when the government wanted to clear policies, Meer’s activism stepped up; In September 1955, the issue of passes racial discrimination as a teenager and went they sat on the grass, silently. and Coordination of Documents Act was and re-house squatters living in Blouvlei. she was one of the founding members of came to a head after the government on to become a women’s rights activist. She “It was a wonderful sight; it meant that the passed. Under this act, the many different The meeting held by the Blouvlei Fedsaw. announced that it would start issuing the spent some 15 years under house arrest women were coming,” she said. documents black men had been required to community was attended by over 500 Fedsaw was launched on 17 April reference books to black women from January throughout the 1960s and 1970s because of carry were replaced by a single one – the residents and addressed by a number of 1954 in the Trades Hall on Rissik Street, 1956. Several protests were held, culminating her anti-apartheid activities. reference book – that gave details of the leading Communist Party members. In 1942, in central Johannesburg. It was the first in the mass march to Pretoria in August. In Cachalia was the treasurer at Fedsaw, You strike a woman, you strike a rock holder’s identity, employment, place of legal the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) attempt at establishing a national, broad- commemoration of the bravery of these a leading supporter of the Federation of After leaving the petitions at the door, on residence, payment of taxes and permission became the first of many organisations that based women’s organisation. A group women, and in tribute to them, the country Transvaal Women, and a member of both windowsills and in the passageway of the to be in the urban areas. Tamana joined, ostensibly because of the of 146 delegates, representing 230 000 now celebrates National Women’s Day each the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and minister’s empty office, Ngoyi said that the The act further made it clear that black threat to her home. women from across the country, attended year on 9 August.

Transvaal Indian Congress during the minister had run away, Cachalia recounted, women would, for the first time, be required Over the next few years Tamana became the inaugural conference to pledge their www.southafrica.info apartheid era. with a laugh. During the march, Ngoyi led the to carry reference books. This outraged increasing drawn into political activity, support.

12 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 13 DIRCO’S FIRST WOMEN’S DIALOGUE By Zingisa Mgxashe, Branch: Public Diplomacy FEATURE “As women, it is our responsibility to skill ourselves in order to compete in the workplace. As women, we have to possess an ability to make decisions that we can act on. The time is now, let’s do it!” – These are the words spoken by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane while delivering a keynote address to the women of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation during the Women’s Dialogue held in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Women’s Charter and 20 Years of Freedom on 22 August 2014 at the department’s conference centre.

he dialogue is one of the activities undertaken by the Chief Directorate: Gender to focus on issues relating to gender mainstreaming mechanismsT and measures and women empowerment in the department. Through activities such as the Women’s Dialogue, the department seeks to promote a culture of transparency, increase interactive dialogue sessions within the department, reflect on institutionalisation of the mainstreaming of the gender perspective within the department and rethink a way ahead to ensure continuous improvement. SA economy The programme of this significant event was directed by one of the department’s prominent women, High Commissioner intertwined Mavivi Myakala-Manzini. Female staff came out in their numbers, in all ages, races and ranks to participate, many of them wearing with Africa doeks on their heads, as a response to the Their success is Department of Arts and Culture’s call of conomic growth in sub- beneficial fantastic for us – it brings marking every Friday in August as “National Saharan Africa is expected a n d new trade opportunities for Doek Friday” in honour of the women of to exceed 6% by the end of bolster long- our firms, opens up new 1956. 2014, with Africa’s share of term growth markets and contributes This day was also dedicated to the official Looking back in history, the Minister quoted This year’s theme for Women’s Month was global foreign investment prospects on the to the growth of the African opening of the newly established nursing the preamble of the Women’s Charter that “Celebrating 60 Years of the Women’s rising,E says Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. continent. economy,” said Minister Nene. room for mothers with babies and pregnant was adopted 60 years ago: “We, the women Charter and 20 Years of Democracy: Moving He said in 2013, the rest of Africa accounted “It will provide To continue to attract big firms to women by Minister Nkoana-Mashabane of South Africa, wives and mothers, working Women’s Agenda Forward”. The Minister for over 15% of South Africa’s dividend tax revenue, the country, “we must take clear steps to and other dignitaries. The room is meant women and housewives, African, Indian, elaborated that the theme was suitable receipts and over 20% of the country’s profits and dividends improve the investment climate”, the Minister to accommodate mothers during their European and Coloured, hereby declare our in assessing progress made in terms of exports. into the receiving country and to South said. pregnancy stages and after the birth of their aims of striving for the removal of all laws, encouraging gender equality and women “Indeed, the narrowing of the current account Africa,” he said. He said the National Development Plan children. regulations, conventions and customs that empowerment in South Africa, 60 years deficit is due, in part, to the strong growth in He said South Africa provided a number set out a clear vision, comprising: In her speech, Minister Nkoana- discriminated against us as women, and after the implementation of the Women’s dividends that our dynamic companies are of natural advantages as an African hub, • modernising the South African approach Mashabane highlighted that she wanted that deprive us in any way of our inherent Charter of 1956. receiving from their investments around the including advanced financial, regulatory, to tax policy the dialogue to consist of those “faceless right to the advantages, responsibilities and Women’s representation in Parliament world, but particularly Africa,” said Minister tax and accounting standards, a modern • creating more competition in the country’s women in the background” working in the opportunities that society offers to any one elevated by 25% after the first democratic Nene, during a lecture at Fort Hare University, telecommunications network, extensive markets for goods and services department. She wanted to meet the women section of the population.” elections, to 27,7 %. In 1999, it stood at 30%, in the Eastern Cape recently. economic infrastructure and direct air at the lower ranks of the department, from Those were women who refused to be 32% in 2004, and 42% in 2009. “Today, we Moreover, the Minister said South Africa was connections to most major cities on the • bringing policy certainty and investor a junior official to a cleaner, and hear frightened and silenced by the unjust laws are a proud nation to have women ministers a favoured hub for international companies continent and abroad. protection. their challenges. One of the women who of the oppression system. who comprise 43% of the Cabinet, and that desired to expand into Africa. The Minister said, over the past two “South Africa must stay ahead. We must participated in the dialogue raised an They were the women who on 9 August female deputy ministers who constitute up to “Growth has been pronounced in dynamic decades, South Africa’s economic prosperity work harder and smarter. We cannot rely on issue of the existence of poverty in rural 1956 marched to the Union Building to hand 46% of the total number of deputy ministers,” sectors with high growth potential, including had become increasingly intertwined with the star companies of yesterday if we want to areas, where most government employees over a petition to the then Prime Minister said the Minister. With the aforementioned technology, telecommunications, financial that of the rest of the continent. win tomorrow. came from. She challenged other women JG Strijdom. After handing over the petition, statistics, one can comprehend that since services and retail [in South Africa],” Minister He added that South Africa remained far “Our compatriots in Africa have raised to make a contribution where they can by they sang a freedom song that is still sung the achievement of democracy in South Nene said. ahead in terms of per capita gross domestic their game. They are implementing economic empowering these impoverished areas, by even today: “Wathint’ abafazi, Strjdom! Africa, a substantial improvement has He said government was committed to product (GDP), given the relative population reforms, building infrastructure, educating buying school uniforms, shoes, books, food Wathint’ imbokodo!” (You strike a woman! been made by the Government in building support the expansion of South African firms size, while the economy of Nigeria grew their people, and building winning nations,”

etc. for disadvantaged schoolchildren. You strike a rock!). opportunities for women. into the rest of Africa, which would be mutually larger than that of South Africa. he said. SAnews.gov.za

14 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 15 INTERVIEW WITH in my diplomatic role. Those qualities are and enjoy the fact that democracy is noisy. It we are consistently rating high on the Moody humility: on a personal level, because I know tells us that democracy is working, and the Index for ease of doing business. And as a what it means to be poor, to feel discriminated existence for us is extremely important. It also people we are warm, welcoming, culturally

FEATURE against and what it feels to be marginalised. ensures that the democracy is responsive to rich, and the world finds us a very interesting Mya Angelo said: the needs of the people.” prospect.” Amb Robina Marks “People seldom forget what you by Kristen Paes say, but they always remember how Bringing brand South Africa to the world Creating a legacy of Ubuntu: Ambassador Marks is responsible for four you make them feel.” I am because you are countries: Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and “Being humble is particularly important for “Because this is such a strong, African- Cambodia and has an equal responsibility South Africa. We are the only African member centred belief that we have internalised to all of them. A typical day for her would of the G20 and hold this position within Africa through our culture, our struggle and who commence with a meeting with her social with humility. First of all, we are Africans, and we are as a people, it is something that we secretary to review the day’s events, and so whatever progress we make in the world, try and live out and share with the world. reviewing summaries of Thai and English and whatever positions we occupy, we carry For us, it stresses that we are a world that newspaper articles. Many meetings follow, with us the African Agenda wherever we go.” exists because we depend on each other. especially with investors, as Thai people have “The second value is patriotism. I interpret We really believe that we need to have been quite actively investing in South Africa. this as remembering the sacrifices, and the an equal playing field in the multinational people who were killed, forced into exile, and “There has been astounding growth in this plane. There is no way that we can make given up their lives in order for us to have had area in 20 years, and it is a particular point decisions that affect the livelihood of so 20 years of freedom and democracy in our of pride in her mind. Interregional trade is many people if we are not ready to give our country. A strong commitment to democracy extremely important and while it was quite own opinion, etc. South Africa is respected and a strong Constitution which is one of the difficult to break through, the famous South as a world player and as a strong moral most progressive constitutions in the world. African wine has been one of the vehicles that authority. As a country, we chose not to Being proud of being South African, and have served to increase trade imports by 21% engage in war but chose negotiation, bringing the brand of South Africa to the world, in the year 2013 alone. especially when it comes to the issues of and letting everyone see that she stands for human rights and reconciliation. We lay inclusion and harmonious diversity. down our weapons and said ‘let’s talk’ “The third quality is loyalty. We stand on the because of this concept of Ubuntu. We shoulders of the giants that have gone before are actively offering our experience of how us. I cannot begin to describe the horrors to reconcile without resorting to guns and endured by those that have gone before us, weaponry. We consistently organise social and standing loyally by their side and staying dialogues, where people can discuss true to their fight for social justice is incredibly across social disparity and frustrations. important. Demonstrating this loyalty through This is a part of the legacy that I want to the way we live our lives is extremely leave behind in Thailand: the message of important. And the final quality is integrity, “The wonderful thing about Thai reconciliation. A life shaped by activism and the fight for he first time I encountered the the conditions I saw. I was born to a single which is essential in the life of a diplomat. people when it comes to food and wine “We have lived through 350 years of South African Ambassador, social justice mother, who was a domestic worker, not Always speak the truth and find power in is that they have a very curious palate subjugation and oppression, and have Robina Marks, was at the “Our life paths are shaped very much by the because of a lack of intelligence, but because it. Speaking the truth is very important for and like to experience new things.” been able to create a society that is South African Ball in 2013. social context we were born into. I was born of the education system that was extremely women.” peaceful with no conflict. We don’t claim to A self-described social in a very difficult decade for South Africa. It limited. “Tourism is becoming a more well known be a perfect society, but if we have been On success and stereotypes singleT girl, she is as serious about her friends was the 1960s and the same decade that “When I look back on my life and the commodity around the world, and Cape Town able to overcome so much, and go so far in as she is about educating the world about Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. trajectory of the life of a daughter of a domestic “Success in life isn’t determined by a particular has become known as a ‘hipster’ town with 20 years, we want to share this experience. South Africa, and is incredibly proud of just It was the decade that saw the formation of worker, what I have been able to achieve rank or position. I know that many people think much gentrification attracting visitors to the We are currently doing reconciliation how much this country has changed in the large trade unions, community organisations today has been as a result of a very strong that being a diplomat or an ambassador is the area. Indeed the New York Times chose the work not only in Thailand, but Cambodia, last few decades. and the community of South Africa was awareness of the importance of social justice, pinnacle of a career in public service, but for city as the number one ‘must visit’ place in Sri Lanka and other areas where we are Having come from a background of beginning to stand up against apartheid. and a refusal to discriminate against people me, success is defined as finding happiness the world. Table Mountain another attraction establishing social dialogue to create this oppression, Ambassador Marks is proof of In the South Africa of the 1960s, apartheid because of their race, sexual orientation and and doing well in anything that you choose to that is drawing people in from around the for other people.” how much social change has come about in was institutionalised by the government of sex. I really believe in equal opportunities and do. Upholding the qualities we spoke about world, as well as the thriving metropolis of “Who am I to think that I could be a this relatively small country. An inspirational the day, and the social hierarchy it created I have a very strong sense of life purpose, before drives success, and whether you chose Johannesburg, which Ms Marks describes diplomat? Who me? The daughter of activist for social justice, who began fighting shaped your potential, your opportunities, and that we can and should build a different to be a diplomat or not, you will do well in your as “quite like Singapore, but grittier”. ASEAN a domestic worker? And here I am.” apartheid at the tender age of 14, she is the healthcare you received and dictated South Africa. One that celebrates differences life. Overcoming stereotypes which we are all is offering new and unique opportunities to a truly exceptional woman who I had the where you could work, who you could marry and enables us all to live in harmony with one subjected too. For example, when you mention South Africa, as the financial crisis in Europe A bust of Nelson Mandela will be privilege to speak with. Several decades of and where you could live. Being born into this another.” Africa to people, the knee jerk reaction is to changed the fiscal dynamics of the world.” permanently located in the Bangkok political activism and a period of exile as well system and living within a community that think of a dark, unstable and warring continent “Africa has a young population, with Cultural Centre in November, a point of “I forgot to get married as I was too as a time of political imprisonment were a part was defined also as ‘black’ and ‘the other’, when this is not the case now. We have a growing economies and consumer power. pride for the Ambassador. She hopes it busy living a life of activism.” of her journey. We present to you her story. your consciousness is shaped by that, and it corruption index which measures how we are We have a huge, bulging youth population in will serve as a visible reminder to the Thai is very difficult to ignore its effects. Values make the person doing, we have an African peer review which South Africa which compliments Asia’s ageing people of the African man who affected so “I have moved on from the bitterness reviews the progress of all 54 countries in “Having been born into a system of racial My values, I believe, are the cornerstone of one. There is so much benefit in our working much change. and resentment to fully embrace the how we aredoing with gender equality, human domination by a white minority, it shaped how what makes a good diplomat. I have four together as partners in trade … as a country The interview recently appeared on http://www. new South Africa.“ rights etc. We believe in a robust democracy I saw myself. It made me want to respond to qualities that still define how I conduct myself that has very sound financial controls in place, expatladiesinbangkok.com.

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Africa Day celebrations in Zimbabwe

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe with African ambassadors and SA Embassy Counsellor: Political, P Andy Makwabe

frica Day celebrations were held at one of people of Zimbabwe lined the streets of Harare’s city Zimbabwe’s most grandiose hotel on 25 May centre to watch the parade which also included Brazilian A 2014 in Harare under the theme “Agriculture and Food Security”. The African ambassadors hosted a Samba dancers, different cultural groups from African cultural event accompanied by a cocktail reception for countries as well as groups from Trinidad and Tobago, invited guests. It was a very successful and colourful among others. The African ambassadors seized the opportunity and greatly event with a good turnout. benefited from the invited The AU celebrations coincided with the 10-day dance groups by ZTA that performed at the carnival – Harare International Carnival that was organised by and thereafter enthusiastically performed at the 51st the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), which also Africa Day celebrations. The Guest of Honour was the ran under the theme: “Celebrating Our Diversity”. The Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi. Congratulated the efforts made by

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s part of celebrating the 20th anniversary of freedom of South Africa in 2014, the A Embassy in Abidjan hosted a reception at the Ambassador’s Official Residence, on 25 April, followed by a South Africa Golf Day at the Abidjan Golf Course on 26 April 2014. Government officials, the business community, members of the Diplomatic Corps and friends of South Africa attended the colourful reception. It was a grand occasion, marked by music and dance, and a local musical group performed a variety of South African songs, while the DJ played South African music, much to the delight of the audience. As the host, Ambassador VL Sindane gave a keynote address. In his remarks, he mentioned that the Freedom Day was an important event on the South African calendar, and the 2014 celebration marked 20 years of freedom, a milestone celebrated by millions in South Africa and abroad. He added that South Africa had a good story to tell, as the (Continues from page 19 ...) Government had changed the lives of millions of the the African ambassadors to celebrate further collaborations and strengthening agriculture and infrastructure as most previously disadvantaged black communities, ever the Africa Day. He said that it was of of partnerships in the field of agriculture, African countries were experiencing an since South Africa was democratised. paramount importance to celebrate the tourism, culture, education etc. to sustain economic downturn in the era of climate day and also recognising the successes the needs of the people of Africa. He change. The Ambassador also mentioned that although of the African Union (AU), especially the highlighted that the purpose of continental Ambassador Vusi Mavimbela hosted the bilateral relationship between South Africa and Ambassador VL Sindane and Mrs Sindane progress achieved under the current AU integration was an imperative and not an the African ambassadors for their monthly Côte d’Ivoire was dynamic and growing, the trade Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. option in order to promote peace and meeting prior the AU celebrations. relationship between the two countries was still low, The Minister further highlighted the security in the continent. He said that the The meeting was hosted at the Official but there were efforts to develop economic ties further great need for integration of African 2014 AU theme, “Agriculture and Food Residence on 15 May 2014 and the in the near future. The two countries are negotiating countries to alleviate poverty in the region. Security”, demonstrated how much the guests tasted South African wine and bilateral agreements which could further increase He also mentioned the required need for continent needed to promote issues like cuisine. trade and investments. Kalou Emmanuel, the Director of the Cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented the Ivorian Government at the ceremony. In his speech, he echoed the Ambassador’s sentiments regarding the Relationships strengthened in Switzerland historic links that existed between South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire. He was reminiscent of the historic visit to Côte d’Ivoire by the late former President Nelson

he South African Ambassador Mandela in the mid-1990s. He also mentioned the Ambassador Sindane recieving a guest at the reception key findings on the Human Resource to Switzerland, Claudinah Development / vocational training project key role South Africa played during the Ivorian crisis. T Ramosepele, met with Prof. Dr and the second by Prof. Dr Knut Hinkelmann He urged both countries to work closely together Ruedi Nützi, the Director of the School of focused on the international student project towards the finalisation of the pending bilateral Business and other key members of the “Bambanani”. agreements, which will give impetus to the evolution school to discuss areas of formal cooperation The school’s focus on small medium- of the bilateral relationship between the two countries in a visit to the FHNW School of Business in sized enterprises was emphasised by in all spheres. Olten on 25 June 2014. The Ambassador the Director of the School of Business On 26 April, the Embassy hosted a South Africa was accompanied by Dr Nolitha Vukuza, and identified as an important common Golf Day at the Abidjan Golf Club. Local golfers Higher Education and Training Attaché interest. It is also a top priority in South and some embassy officials participated in the golf based at the South African Embassy in Africa, as confirmed by the appointment of match which culminated in a luncheon. At the end Paris, and Annabel Haslop, Counsellor at (Left to right), front: Dr Nolitha Vukuza, Prof. Dr a new government Minister, to foster small of the game, some prizes were given to the winners Ruedi Nützi, Ambassador Ramosepele, Prof. Dr the South African Embassy in Berne. business development in South Africa. after which the Ambassador gave a short address Guy Ochsenbein, Prof. Pieter Perrett Two of the school’s recent South Back: Prof. Dr Knut Hinkelmann, Annabel Haslop, Concluding the meeting, all parties highlighting the significance of the event and how Andrew Mpeqa Africa projects were presented; the first expressed interest in strengthening sport could be utilised as one of the important tools presentation by Prof. Dr Guy Ochsenbein relations through further cooperation at in building stronger ties between South Africa and South Africa Golf Day and Prof. Pieter Perrett, presented various levels. Côte d’Ivoire.

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Celebrating 20 years of democracy and women empowerment and emancipation

By Ninzi Hanxa

Our Constitution lays the basis for the construction of a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist, united and prosperous society based on justice, equality and the inalienable human rights for all.

August is Women’s Month, and the 9th of August was declared Women’s Day. As we all know, Women’s Day marks the anniversary of the 1956 march to the Union Buildings by over 20 000 women, to protest against the discriminatory pass laws which had restricted the movement of black people in our country. Every year during the month of August, we celebrate “Amaqhawekazi esizwe”, our heroines. The women behind our struggle and those who also supported the struggle heroes like Helen Joseph, Bertha Mashaba, the late Mama Albertina Sisulu, Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the late Mama Ephainnete Mbeki and the other unsung heroines.

These are the woman who not only stood behind their husbands but took strides in ensuring the realisation of women’s rights. We celebrate these women and their generation who fought to break loose from the shackles of the government of oppression.

This year marks 60 years since the signing of the Women’s Charter, on 17 April 1954, calling for unity among women with a common Argentina, Counsellor (Political), President of SA-Argentine Chamber of Commerce, The Rector of UCEMA, Head of SAA: objective of removing all political, legal, economic and social barriers towards full participation in society. Bryan Habana and Hugo Porta

This year, Women’s Month is being commemorated under the theme: “Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Women’s Charter and The presentation was well attended that South African rugby continues to 20 Years of Freedom: Together Moving a Non-Racial and Non-Sexist South Africa Forward”. s part of the Four Nations by both young and old, male, females Rugby Championship, the hold a special place in Argentine hearts. and representing a cross section of the Yes, we have made some progress towards achieving the emancipation and equal rights for women. However, many women Springboks travelled to It may be recalled that the South African A Argentine society. The talk culminated in continue to remain on the margins of society and are vulnerable to social risks such as domestic violence, unemployment and Rugby Union (SARU), during South Argentina, from 19 to 24 August 2014, a question and answer session, during poverty. Africa’s international isolation, assisted for the away leg of their match against which the conversion of amateur to in developing and modernising Argentine the Pumas following their drubbing of the first professional rugby playing, and local The African Union (AU) declared the years 2010 to 2020 as the African Women’s Decade with the aim to advance gender equality rugby. SARU, furthermore, was their opponents in Pretoria in 16 August rugby versus playing abroad and its through the acceleration of the implementation of global and regional decisions and commitments on gender equality and women’s to give Argentina the opportunity to tour 2014. effect on selection probability was empowerment. During this period, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma was elected as the AU Commission chairperson. in 1965, which would eventually give Subsequent to the management of the extensively discussed. birth to the “Pumas”. In 2009, President Jacob Zuma announced that Gill Marcus would be our next Reserve Bank governor, making her the first woman Springboks informing the Embassy that Members of staff travelled to Salta On 21 August, Springbok Bryan to hold the position. it would not be available for a function for the clash between the Springboks Habana participated in a motivation talk to be hosted by the Mission, they invited and the Pumas in Argentina. In a match session with fellow guest of honour, the Our very own Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, was listed in Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world Mission personnel and family members dominated by the Argentine side, in veteran Argentine Rugby player and for 2014. to an open session of their rugby which South Africa looked set for defeat, former Argentine Ambassador to South camp at the San Isidro Rugby Club the Springboks emerged victorious in a After the recent general elections, women representation in Parliament has increased from about 42% in 2009 to 45%. This puts Africa, Hugo Porta, at an event jointly on 19 August 2014. At the end of the very exciting 33 to 31 end result on 23 South Africa third in the world in terms of women representation in Parliament. hosted by the Embassy, South African session, the players interacted with the August 2014. The Springbok team and Airways, SA Argentine Chamber of spectators, including giving photographs management departed for South Africa These are some of the few examples of women achieving great things and who continue to make strides to prove that women can Commerce and the University for the and autographs. From the attendance on 24 August 2014. do it. Centre of Macro-Economic Studies. of the training session it was evident Furthermore, our President also dedicated the Ministry for Women in The Presidency, as a way of elevating women’s issues and interests with a view to lead, coordinate and oversee the transformation agenda on women’s socio-economic empowerment. This is also highlighted in the National Development Plan, which is guaranteed to further strengthen women’s agenda.

A woman is everything, she is sensitive, assertive, and she is beautiful and unique. She should never be set apart or excluded from anything that she wants to do! It is said that the idea about what is a woman is changing all the time, but it is also important to state that those ideas are changing because women all over the world are making it happen!

Today, we, as the women in South Africa, have the platform on which to raise our voices. We have been liberated from the past injustices, we have our own space now. We now can stand up as women and together we can even do more. Which is what we mean when we say “women empowerment”.

Igama lamakhosikazi malibongwe!

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24 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 [email protected], Vol. 8 2014 25 WORD PUZZLE LEARN A NEW Test your general knowledge FRENCHçAIS

REBOOT LANGUAGE E L E P E S O M A R H A N I D U A L C FRAN

E D I E P A C N R E T S A E B A T Q P Advice when learning French: N N S Y B S G A B O R O N E B Q J T L

W W E A O R K N N X Q L Y M V K R W Y • Link to images and facts, not English words

O O I N M G L R J A N N A L E D R Y N • Try as much as possible to link the new French vocabulary to images, situations, feelings and NOT English words. T T V I A Y N L A Z M H J B P M R J N

S P A M W L R N Z M O A A M A D D N T For example, when learning “j’ai froid”, visualize that you are cold, bring up the feeling, not the English words “I – am – cold” -which M I D A Q B H E A P A G T H W N V K T anyway won’t work since “I have” and not “I am” is used in French- A L B D Z Z L N B I U N I A Q Y T N D It is useful to link the feeling of being cold or “brrrr” to “j’ai froid”.

H K O M Y M L L A M L K I D R N T T R • Do your homework

A J R M M D K T T L E I W B L O M T Q • Keep your goal in mind: learning a language is a long journey, it is Important to remind yourself what you want to achieve and why R R B P N M B R S N H T L G O J D Q N • Get into the culture: read newspapers and magazines, watch TV G T K J N E E V G U U N P M B R Q M R channels like TV5 Monde and speak whenever you can Y T L Y I B B X Q D G T C E D A W Y K

V N N J O M V Z M K D U N G S L Y N X Practise with your colleagues (But, most of all: impress!)

B W I R T P Z J L Q C J A U X L B B Y • Try putting some of these terms together into some phrases that might come in handy at the office. D N V L B R P B Y J L O Z 9 B W Y J M un entretien an interview G B D P Q L T W X K M B R R M U L G Q Pouvez-vous venir dans mon bureau ? Could you come to my office? une échéance a due date A quelle heure est la réunion ? At what time is the meeting? l’ordre du jour an agenda Puis-je emprunter un stylo et un bloc-notes? May I borrow a pen and a notepad? un compte-rendu minutes Look for the answers to these questions in the word puzzle above. un agenda a diary Clues: Answers appear from left to right, right to left, horizontal, diagonal and vertical. L’imprimante ne fonctionne pas. The printer isn’t working. un rendez-vous an appointment Envoyez-moi un courrier électronique. Send me an e mail. [formal]

1. Tourism Month 9. “You strike a woman, you strike a ….” March in 1956 and who later became Nous allons à la cantine. We are going to the canteen. 2. South African Ambassador to Switzerland 10. Women’s Day (Date) became president of the ANCWL and (Name and surname) 11. Wife of Yusuf Cachalia (First name) Fedsaw (Name and surname) 3. The Freedom Charter was adopted here 12. The next SADC Summit will be held here 17. Fort Hare University is situated in this Game 4. A founding member of Fedsaw (Name and in August 2015 province surname) 13. Minister of Trade and Industry (Name and 18. SA Ambassador to Bangkok (Name and • Find 9 words that you’ve seen in the page 5. President of Namibia (Surname) surname) surname) 6. Incoming Chairperson and host of the 34th 14. The Calabash Festival is held here 19. “I am because you are” SADC Summit (Name and surname) 15. UN Convention on the Elimination of All 20. Minister of Finance 7. The historic UN Fourth World Conference Forms of Discrimination against Women on Women was held here in 1995 (Abbreviation) 8. The National Arts Festival is held here 16. One of the women leading the Women

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Women and men must work together in partnership towards the common goal of gender equality worldwide. Only by such a fundamental restructuring of society and its institutions, could women be fully empowered to take their rightful place as equal partners with men in all aspects of life. ANSWERS TO SOLUTIONS WORD SEARCH

Test your general knowledge Soduko E L E P E S O M A R H A N I D U A L C 1. September REUNION Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane 2. Claudinah Ramosepele E D I E P A C N R E T S A E B A T Q P BUREAU N N S Y B S G A B O R O N E B Q J T L 3. Kliptown 4. Dora Tamana W W E A O R K N N X Q L Y M V K R W Y ENTRETIEN 5. Pohamba O O I N M G L R J A N N A L E D R Y N DOSSIER 6. Robert Mugabe T T V I A Y N L A Z M H J B P M R J N 7. Beijing STYLO S P A M W L R N Z M O A A M A D D N T 8. Grahamstown ORDINATEUR M I D A Q B H E A P A G T H W N V K T 9. Rock A L B D Z Z L N B I U N I A Q Y T N D 10. 9 August IMPRIMANTE H K O M Y M L L A M L K I D R N T T R 11. Amina AGENDA A J R M M D K T T L E I W B L O M T Q 12. Gaborone R R B P N M B R S N H T L G O J D Q N 13. Rob Davies COURRIER G T K J N E E V G U U N P M B R Q M R 14. Mahikeng 15. CEDAW Y T L Y I B B X Q D G T C E D A W Y K 16. Lilian Ngoyi V N N J O M V Z M K D U N G S L Y N X 17. Eastern Cape B W I R T P Z J L Q C J A U X L B B Y 18. Robina Marks D N V L B R P B Y J L O Z 9 B W Y J M 19. Ubuntu G B D P Q L T W X K M B R R M U L G Q 20. Nhlanhla Nene